New Artwork -- Nommo Ogo and Wolves in The Throne Room

Here is some new mixed media collage artwork I am currently working on..Been able to spend a few hours listening to Nommo Ogo and creating stuff. 

http://youtu.be/gsyAMNmlypM

 I went to see Nommo Ogo and Wolves in The Throne Room with tiernan and a few of his friends at the Echolplex and I was so stoked to witness them live. Nommo Ogo went on first, recordings and video do them no justice, live they are a powerful atmospheric almost mystical entity. The environment the band controls and performs in has a big influence on the performance. The echoplex  itself was like entering a dark cave, minimal illumination,  being visually deprived of details allowed one to conjure up images of their own devices. The constant other worldly sounds coming from the speakers between the bands performances and the black shadows of other patrons their faces veiled in the dark helps transport you into a otherworldly performance space. And WITTR was as powerful and heavy as the last time we saw them 2 years ago. Great evening!

 

 

Middle Class @ The Cuckoos Nest and Frank Ruffino of China White at the Cuckoos Nest

I found a few more images I took with my first camera a Nikonos III underwater camera that I bought before I went to Australia. I was still trying to figure out how to not draw attention to the camera and shot without a flash, not so great but some neat ones every once in awhile! very difficult to get any decent results! I shot a lot of photos like this, of some great bands but the photos just turned out crap and I chucked them in the trash! so bummed I didnt keep them because in hindsight I probably could have salvaged a few. 

Jeff Atta, Mike Atta

Jeff Atta

Frank Ruffino 

Assemblage

I've been working on these assemblages the past few weeks and are still works in progress.
The materials used are things I've found the past few years, they include moss, wood, chandelier parts, glass, photographs, plexi glass, salt and pepper shakers paper, beads, metal, clock parts. A lot of grief trying to bring the disparate objects together and connect them..no single adhesive can be used for everything! I utlized wood screws, metal bolts,wood glue, and glue of epoxy.

This assemblage utilizes 18 seperate objects to get to this stage of construction. I had to reassemble the clock body and repaint it, it was basically in pieces when I bought at the swap meet for $5.00. The rectangular display case was also a swap meet find and dissasembled, I rebuilt it, painted it and added gold leaf. I then secured the clock body and display case together with wood screws and added the brass chandaleir arms with the plexi glass boxes. The metal apertures at each end are tin lids and camera lenses with small collages inside each.  Again, bringing together different materials like metal and plexi glass and expecting them to adhere together with one kind of adhesive does not work. I had to use wood screws, bolts, glue of epoxy and nails to bring all this together. This is still a work in progress. 

This assemblage is constructed with wood, glass, wood plugs that I've gold leafed, plexiglass boxes with collages inside each one, salt and pepper shakers and one of the three wise monkeys made of balsa wood, black letters of plastic that follow the gold leafed plugs on the exterior.  Another work in progress.

Isla Natividad

Isla Natividad, an island about 3 miles off the west coast of Baja sur, and is part of the Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve is 4 miles long and 1 mile wide. Has a population of about 400 people, mostly fishermen and thier families and 85 % of the worlds population of the black vented shearwater bird. Theres also a some waves on the island which I visited with a few friends in the mid 80's. We didnt get a whole lot of surf but we enjoyed what the island also offers, solitude and nature.

Looking towards the mainland Punta Eugenia

Open Doors

Lighthouse on the island built in 1935

Self portrait at dawn, downtown Natividad 

Our shade from the afternoon sun

Greg Shewman 

Nightlife downtown Natividad

Dave Settles, Scott Hayward, Me, Troy Bishop

Nightlife downtown Natividad

Dave Settles, Scott Hayward, Me, Troy Bishop

Graffitied wall

Lotus Eaters

One of the most dangerous capes on the Pacific coast. A shipwreck with 1/2 a million dollars worth of gold and silver sunk near here in 1870.

Volcanic headland, dry scrub, friendly local fishermen

the real treasure is the surf.

 "the greatest wealth is to live content with little" Plato

  Gene Serrano and I enjoying a bit of southeren hemi energy, early 90's.

Our tent is circled with a view into the right which blew offshore every afternoon

Opening of Southern California Artists Group Show

I was lucky to get involved and become a member with the Southern California Artists group thanks to Liz Menzies. We have a group show that's on display for two weeks, May 30 - June 14 at the Coastline Community College Art Gallery at 1515 Monrovia ave. in Newport Beach

 

http://coastlineartgallery.blogspot.com/2014/05/sca-summer-show.html

 The opening was a wonderful evening. My family and a few friends showed up for awhile (thanks) to check out the art and eat some food and we met a few of the artists from the group and view a diverse body of work from all the members. I'm stoked to be involved and participating with the group. I had one piece accepted into the show titled Sleepwalker and it seemed like I got positive feedback from those who talked to me about it!

 

Looking forward to participating with the SCA this year!

100 Flowers / Urinals at Godzillas

100 Flowers Reject Yourself
http://youtu.be/6XTzBZLm24w

Kingdom of the Cardon

One of the great things about traveling and surfing is stumbling into things that you only could imagine of.
Troy Bishop and I deep into the kingdom of the towering Cardon, 1986

Ron Quigley surfing photos from 1981 Brookhurst st. H.B.

Ron Quigley

Im starting to digitize some of my old Kodachrome slides from 30 + years ago. I took these watershots of ron 30 + years ago.....the slides have dates on them and these are from November of 1981 at Brookhurst st. in H.B.  I believe he's riding one of Bob Hurleys shapes. Ron was a wonderful guy and I remember we had two things in common, surfing and the Arts.